Ida Blomfjell

My doctoral project began in the fall of 2021 and focuses on consistency in animal welfare inspections. The research project is intradisciplinary and combines animal welfare sciences with public administration sciences. We study the people surrounding the animals - animal welfare inspectors and animal keepers. Focus is om animal welfare assessment in regulatory inspections, meaning how animal welfare regulations are interpreted and implemented in practice. The project builds upon both quantitative and qualitative data, including experimental animal welfare inspections and the development and testing of consistency-enhancing methods.

I am a veterinarian by training and graduated from the veterinary programme at SLU in 2017. After graduating, I worked as an official veterinarian at the Swedish Food Agency for a few years, around the country. As an OV, my main tasks focused on animal welfare inspections during slaughter, and I was also very interested in reindeer slaughter.

Pedagogy is close to my heart, and I teach undergraduate students in mainly animal welfare inspections, and animal welfare at transport and slaughter.

In addition to my doctoral work, I am a resident in animal welfare, ethics and legislation at the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine.

Background

Education

Doctoral student in animal welfare (2021 - ongoing). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skara

Resident in animal welfare, ethics and legislation (2021 - ongoing). European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine

Veterinary programme (2011-2017). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala

CV in selection

Official veterinarian at the Swedish National Food Agency (2017-2021)

Student representative at the faculty committee (2016, 2023)

Board member of the Swedish Veterinary Association (2018)

Chairman of the Swedish Veterinary Student Association (2016)

Student representative in the EAEVE evaluation comittee of veterinary education, Latvia (2016)

Conference abstracts and other publications

Berg, Charlotte; Brandt, Ida (2024) Compliance with animal welfare legislation at slaughter. Proceedings of the 6th annual meeting of the European Veterinary Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare : 3rd - 4th October 2024 Paris, France. Utgivare: Presses universitaires de Namur

Brandt, Ida; Berg, Lotta (2023). A legislative perspective on traditional reindeer slaughter in Sweden and Norway, volym: 9, nummer: 1, sidor: 22-22
Titel: Proceedings of the 5th European Veterinary College of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare. Utgivare: Edizioni ETS

Brandt, Ida; Berg, Lotta (2022). Bultbedövning i fält - en guide. Svensk Veterinärtidning 2022, volym: 74, nummer: 10, sidor: 18-23.

Student publications

Kandidatuppsats (2014): Rituell slakt - med och utan bedövning

Masteruppsats/examensarbete (2017): Animaliska livsmedel på schemat: hem- och konsumentkunskap för grundskolans årskurs 7-9